Medford Mail T VTatch till IBlHLNt'a CUtsalrltl) ADI . . Lou of good oargaliu that a Sao genuine tarings. Forecast : Occasional rains tonight and Tuesday. Not much chance In tem I peratur. Highest yesterday , , ft Lowest this morn In j 86 Tventy-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1933. No. 183. The Weather R73XJNE HE) 11 Hdws I ROOSEVELT USES 'BjBd NEW WEAPON IN WML m By PA I'L MAIXON (Copyright, 1033, by Paul Mallon) Howe. WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. Some of the funny money talk lately has come from no less a personage than Louts Howe. He Is supposed to have- plant- Ad the yam about devaluation being absurd. When the Insider heard about that they called for ice-water and smelling salts. They figured Mr. Roosevelt must have lost trust In the brain trust and was letting his shrewd po litical adviser handle money matters, It meant big things because Howe T was apt . nave ? u , vn i about money. He did not know a yen from a carrot when he left Al bany. The bUj boya were Beared. They were all wrong. Smoke-Screen. The truth seema to be that Howe la In charge of confusion, not money. The President has been somewhat Irritated by the pressure brought on him by the Wall Streetera, and busi ness as well, for some assurance about what was going to happen to the dol lar. This lrltntlon assumed such pro portions that In a comic way he drew a sword recently when rcportera con tinuously plagued him for an answer to the money question. He has gone to tmusualy lengths to keep speculators from finding out what he really had in mind. Howe was pressed Into service for that cause. When bigger and better confusion la made, Howe will make It. Some one else will make the money policy. Malice. This talk of "sabotage" against the NRA Is not all talk. There is more behind it than General Johnson and Senator Wagner have chosen to say. They cannot prove It, but they have verv emphatic evidence of a concert ed effort to break down the NBA. It Is sponsored by ultra-conservatives who have been hiding in their holes since March 4. In some communities It has developed as far as a secret understanding not to buy In NRA tores. Of itself the movement does not amount to much. It would be serious, except for the fact that it la attracting support from a far greater class of people who are ,tMnnnninted and angry about the manv mistakes the NRA has made This vast clsss gives a sincere front to those who are out to undermine the NRA movement maliciously. Fears. What Johnson and Wagner really fear Is that a majority of the people will be misled into abandoning the little fundamental good the NBA has accomplished. Even that would not be so bad. If only the NRA Issue were Involved. The next step the administration has had In the back of Its head all along la national planning. The NBA was only the basis on which the re covery structure waa actually to be built. If It failed (and all except the realous in charge of It thought it would fail to accompllah a full meas ure of recovery) then the procedure was to be even shorter hours, price control, production control, and ac tual government supervision. If a nonular wave of Indignation la aroused against the NRA It ruins not only everything the administra tion haa done but nearly everything It planned to do. The government today can only get wy with what a majority of the people will stand for. Futility. A certain South American nation tried to get the United States to take the lead in postponing the coming pan-American conference at Monte video. The state department de clined. No one else cared to take the In itiative, so the meeting will probably asemble. However, that la a good tip on whst you can expect out of the conference. Relaxation, t Tt may be denied, but word has been passed around that the public works administration haa loosened up at Inst. Forthcoming figures will slow that more money la being put out. That means the stringent require. menta of those In control are being relaxed somewhat. In at least a few Instances contract have been let be fore engineers had an opportunity to render a final report. Moral? A very prominent Wall Street man recently forgot that hla business was automobiles, and he got mixed up In the wheat market. He over-extend. d and wsa badly trimmed. He should have profited by the ex perlence of a big time banker who at on the board of a dozen corpora- tlona while he waa chairman of the bank board. They say he once dash ed out of a directors' meeting of l public utility corporation and un loaded 20.000 aharea of stock on the nasi., of Ins'.de Information he hid Msined there. nle. You hear a lot of ta.k in this ad r.;;nlt ration about the ue of "other peoples money" In financial opera t.oris. The man who coined that currently popular phrase l A.voclstc Jistle Brsnn;s of .he supreme court (Continued on Fage Four.) Will Buy and Sell Gold in World Markets to Main tain Level of Value Re covery Drive Aims Told WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. P) Treasury new mined sold price per ounce; 58 cents higher than Saturday's quotation. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. (AP) Firm control of the dullar'a Bold value today was added by President Room. ' velt to the government's multiple ef fort to lift commodity prices. I The means of control waa establish ment of a government market for newly mined gold in the United States and the president's decision to buy or sell gold "whenever neces sary" In the world market. Mr. Roosevelt announced the step as a definite policy, "to establish and maintain continuous control" looking toward a managed currency, in a talk to the country last ntght. He pledged specifically to boost price levels and eventually revalue the dollar. To Maintain Credit "Government credit will be main tained," the president said, "and a sound currency will accompany a rise In the American commodity price level." Reviewing hla administration's re covery campaign, Mr. Roosevelt assur ed the people "we are on our way and we are headed in the right direction." "When we have restored the price level," ald the president, "we shall seek to establish and maintain a dol lar which will not change It purchas ing power during the succeeding gen eration." Control Important For the present, he said, it was Im portant to tighten control over the dollar. Mr. Roosevelt added: "A a further effective meana to this end, I am going to establish a government market for gold in the United States. Therefore, under the clearly defined authority of existing law, I am authorizing the reconstruc tion finance corporation to buy gold newly mined in the United State at prices to be determined from time to time after consulatlon with the secre tary of the treasury and the president. Whenever necessary to the end in view, we shall also buy or sell gold In the world market." Along with thla new monetary ac tion, Mr. Roosevelt discussed generally the alma and achievements of the re covery drive, stressing the farm and NRA administration as mounting columns in the new "edifice of recov erythe temple which, when com pleted, will no longer be a temple of money changer or beggar but rather a temple dedicated to and maintained for a greater social Justice, a greater welfare for America the habitation of a sound economic life." Spending Urged He urged the faster spending of (Continued on Page Three) I EX-SECRETARY OF WASHINGTON, Oct. 33. CAP. William N. Doak, secretary of labor In the Hoover cabinet and labor leader, died today at his home In nearby Virginia. Doak died of heart disease. He suffered a severe attack about two weeks ago. He waa SI years old. H was the first secretary of labor bom In the United States. Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and William B. Wilson, hla predecessors, both being born In the British Isles. Starting out as a trainman he be came Interested In labor questions and became general chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Norfolk A Western system. In which post he served fom 1908 to 1916. Bishop Cannon Granted Review of Court Ruling WASHINGTON, Oct. 33 (AP) Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and hi Secretary, Ada L. Burroughs, were granted a review by th supreme court today of the ruling of the Dl trlct of Columbia court of appeals holding they must stand trial on an indictment charging them with vio lating the corrupt practices act in falling to report contributions re retved during the 1928 presidential campaign. The case waa st for hearing on De"mber 4. During the campaign Buhop Can ion nE'ri acin. th" f''i"!'- nt Al fred E. Emltb. He received 16,300 In Big Army Job ' ' ' ff" Col. Edward M. Markham, 56, la the newly appointed chief of army engineer. In that post he will aupervlse many major construction and flood control projects. (Asso ciated Press Photn. TRUCK OPERATORS TAKEN IN CUSTODY IF TAGS Bine the supreme court of Ore gon has declared the state trucking law constitutional, state police have been instructed to make arrest of operators of all trucks for hire or carrying produce for sale three mile beyond the city limit that fall to display P. U. C. license plates, local etate police headquarters has an nounced. Two arrests on charges of violations have been made. Rollin H. Moore, 33, of Los Angeles, was arrested on the Pacific highway yesterday for falling to secure a public utilities commis sion permit. He was released on $85 ball, and trial has been set for No vember 1 In Justice or the Peace L. A. Roberts' court in Ashland. Claude Clark, arrested on the same charge Saturday, was taken before Justice of the Peace E. W. Madison In Grants Pass, and was fined $20 and costs of $5. He was operating a truck owned by E. E. Owlngs. t ZOIIHT i in' BY BRAINERD, Minn., Oct. 23. (AP) Five sub-machine gun armed robbers overpowered 14 persons in the First National bank here today, ahot up the Inside and outside of the struc ture and adjoining buildings, and fled with $32,000 In cash. None of the patrons and employe In the bank was hurt. Using at least three sub-machine guns and automatic pistols, the rob bers fired a withering blast a they departed, ahatterlng the big front windows of the bank and spraying the interior with lead. Coming into town about daylight, the raiders held the bank nearly three hours. E ESTATE TAXES FAIL IN HIGH COURT WASHINGTON. Oat. 23 (API Federal taxea of 9.000.000 assessed against the estate of the late James B. Duke of Somervllle, New Jersey, who died October 10, 1925, were dis allowed today by the supreme court In a 4 to 4 decision. The estate taxes were assessed on two trusts made by Duke for the benefit of hla daughter Doris, Duke naming himself trustee. from E. O. Jameson, of New York, which the government alleged they fallfd to report. When brought to trial, they chal lenged the Indictment as defective. Bishop Cannon also attacked the cor rupt practice act as unconstitu tional. The District of Columbia court quashed the indictment, but the dis trict court of appesls held it was good, and ordered BiMiop cannon and Mian Burroughs to stand trial. Bishop Cannon would have the highest court pas on the question he raided In the lower court, ron nding tii trial muri was right in 'juubicg tUe indictment WILL SEEK HELP Men to Be Stationed Along Roads in Effort to Enlist Aid of Farmers Enroute to Sioux City, Iowa SAI.EM, Oct. SO. (AP) Reli able, hut for the present confi dential sources, revealed here to day that a farm strike similar to the mid-west farm strike Is con templated by farmers of Marion and Polk counties, and possibly adjoining rountlea. It was said that definite action might be expected after the next meeting of the Farmers Union early next month. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. 33. (AP) Pickets will be stationed on all high way into Sioux City tonight In an effort to enlist the support of all far mers In the national farm strike. County Holiday association leaders said today. W. C. Daniel, president of Wood bury County Farm Holiday associa tion, said picketing would be volun tary. MUo Reno, national leader of the strike movement, previously announc ed in calling the strike that picketing was not desired, except as a last re sort. Although 76 farmers stopped trucks last night, there were no picket on the roads thla morning. Truckers will not be forced to turn back, holiday 'leaders said, but their names will be taken and a subsequent effort made to obtain voluntary co operation. DBS MOINES. Iowa, Oct. 33. (AP) The national agricultural strike, al ready marked by picketing faced Its first crucial test at the market cen ters of the country today, and appar ently 1 to continue despite President Roosevelt' assurances of higher farm prices. The Information that the buying holiday will not be halted, was given out by Milo Reno, president of the National Farmers Holiday association, last night before his departure for Chicago, where he said he planned to confer with A. F. Whitney, head oi rne Brotherhood of Railway Train men, in the hope of enlisting "moral support" of that organization. Reno said that President Roose velt's statement last night "contained no ray of hope there will be change In policies which so far have proved ineirective. "The president failed to even men tion cost of production. We're not going to atop this battle until we get what we want and have demanded cost of production." T Walter Hart. 43, of Table Hock, who accidentally drank some bichloride of mercury last Wednesday, while em ployed at the Table Rock orchard died thla morning at the Sacred Heart hospital, where he had been a patient since last Friday. Drinking the blight dope, which he mistook for water, Hart immediately forced himself to vomit the solution and, according to the report here, thought he had cleaned hla system of It. Friday he became violently III and waa brought to the hospital, where diagnosis showed bichloride of mer cury poisoning. Hla case waa describ ed by the attending physician then as nopeiess. The body waa at the Conger Funer al Parlora thla afternoon and a fu neral announcement, with complete obituary, will be published tomorrow. The W. W. Allen residence at 32 Orange street waa thoroughly ran sacked, and a number of articles stolen some time during last week, mr. Anen reported sunaay, upon nia return with Mrs. Allen and daughter Virginia from a stay In Portland and Canada. Included among the artlclea miss ing were a Royal portable typewriter. Jewelry Including family heirlooms, fountain pens, an overcoat and num erous small articles. The house was left In confusion by the intruders, police reported. BONNEVILLE POWER RATES KNOWN SOON SALEM. Oct. 23. AP) Power rates to be charged at the Bonneville dam will be made known about November 1. Senator Chirles L. McNary inform ed Governor Julius L. Meier hre to day. M"Nry will receive this in formation from the frderal govern ment m about 10 day. Week End Fires Irk Members Of Pistol River CCC SALEM, Ore., Oct. 23. (UP) On three successive Sundays, re port State Forested" Lynn Crone mlller, fires starting in the Chetco district required services of CCC boya from Pistol River camp in Curry county. After the third Sunday this sign waa posted: Notice: Please do not set any more fires on Saturday or Sunday. Pltol River CCC camp. ROADS OBJECTIVE OF SALEM, Oct. 33. (AP) An execu tive session of the etate highway commission will be held In Portland tomorrow afternoon to consider fur ther means of financing a proposed loan of from 115,000,000 to $20,000, 000 for road work to be used In un employment relief, It was definitely learned here today. It was expected members of the state NRA advisory board and the state relief committee would attend the session at least part of the time. Such a program was given prelimi nary consideration three weeks ago, and It waa understood Governor Julius L. Meier had asked the plan be pushed through, outline a road progra mand prepare an official re quest to be presented to Washington, D. C. Contracts for which bids will be opened Include: Jackson County Green Springs rock production project on Oreen Springs highway, furnishing approxi mately 6000 cu. yds. crushed rock In stock piles. PLANS DRAFTED SALEM, Oct. 23. (AP) Four bills to be submitted to the state legisla ture, authorizing construction of state buildings on the basis of the govern ment constructing each and leasing to the state, have been prepared by the reconstruction advisory board for the special session of the legislature. Four buildings are being sought on this plan, all to cost $1,240,000. These Include a etate library at 350,000; psychopathic hospital at Portland, $300,000 and improvements of the state penitentiary hospital and construction of a dining hall, $290, 000. PLANS SUBMITTED SALEM, Oct. 23. (AP) Plans for two more of the five proposed' Ore gon coast highway bridge have reach ed the National Public Works ad ministration. Senator Charles L. Mc Nary waa Informed today. Plana for the Alsea bay bridge at Waldport are already In and the two mentioned today are probably the Coos bay and Taqulna bay spans, the state bridge department stated. The telegram announced the administra tion expects to act on plana for four of the bridges by November 15. Pear Markets NBW YORK. Oct. 23. (R (USDA) Pear auction market. Price slightly stronger, except slightly weaker on D'Anjous; 28 cars arrived; 12 Cali fornia cars, 8 Washington, 6 Oregon cars unloaded; 11 cara on track. Oregon Bosci: 6,320 boxes, extra fancy, $1 80-3 40. average $2.10; fancy, 1 90-2 30, average $191; fancy and better. 1103-3 20. average $2.11. Oregon D'Anjous: 1,030 boxes, ex tra fancy, $2.10-3 30, average $2.23; fancy, $1.80-2.15, average $2 06. Washington D'Anjous: 2,895 boxes, extra fancy $2 00-2.40, average $3.12; fancy $1.65-2 05. average $3 $2; un classified $1.40-1 85, average $1.68. Washington Bartletta; 1476 boxes, extra fancy $1.65-2 25, average $185. fancy $1.90-200, average $1.05. Washington Flemish: 795 boxes, ex tra fancy $1 20-1.65. average $1 51. California BsrletU: 2.310 boxes. $1 80-2.70, average $3 30. California Boatv 1,670 boxes, $1 .40 105, average $185. CHICAGO. Oct. 23. Wf (UflDAl Pesr auction prices: 6 Oregon cars. 2 Washington, 2 Missouri, 1 New York arrived; 10 cars on track; 9 cars sold California BartletU: 1,438 boxes. $2 50-3 20. avernge $3 72. Oregon D'Anjous: 625 boxes, $1 80 1.95, average $181. Oregon Bosca: 1.436 boxes, fany $2.00-3 15. aver am $2 07. Oregon rmih: 530 boics, eat.a .'UK?. 41.60-1 64, E ;E Agreement Becoming Effec tive Next Week Will Give Little Storekeeper Break Bans Price Cutting WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. (AP) The retail code, signed late last night by President Roosevelt, waa made by an appendix to Include all drug stores, thus eliminating necessity for a separate compact for them. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. ( AP) President Roosevelt, recording his ap proval of the retail code, took Indi rect notice of the recurring disputes over the "merit clause" In industrial codes today with a notification to the NRA that It waa his understanding that here waa nohlng In the labor clauses of the Industrial control law to Interfere with the "bona fide exer cise of the right of an employer to select, retain or advance employe on the basia of individual merit." Hugh S. Johnson, NRA chief, made the presidential communication pub lic. Question a Thorn The question has been somewhat of a thorn in the NRA side since the controverted clause was allowed In the automobile code. Johnson ban ning It thereafter. The president wrote that the labor clause of the Industrial law "doe clearly prohibit the pretended exer cise of thla right by an employer sim ply as a device for compelling em ployes to refrain from exercising the rights of self organization designation of representatives and collective bar gaining, which are guaranteed to all employe.." ' Johnson aald this statement had been made necessary because of the extended controversy over the legal provision of a free right of labor to organize, which caused numerous In dustrie to attempt to write the "merit" caluse into their codes. Interpretations Wrong The clause Qf the law was not ob scure, he contended, but obscurity "arises out of unauthorized Inter pre- (Continued on Page Eight) MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 23. p) One defiant, the other broken In spirit, Langford Ramsey and John Tlchenor faced two and a half years in prison today for having given ref uge to George "Machine Gun" Kelly and hi wife. "I am not through fighting until I prove Innocent," Ramsey, young at torney and former brother-in-law of the gunman, aald. Tlchenor, hla eyes filled with tears, would say noth ing. The Jury In United States district court that convicted them took the case at 12:46 a. m. Sunday, and re turned Its verdict 16 minutes later. fedeWurt TERM IS ENDED Southern Oregon term of federal court closed at noon today, and Judge James A. Fee took under advisement the two cases of George High veraus the Franklin National Insurance com pany and the Niagara Fire Insurance company. Transcript In the two cases are to be made. Judge Fee left this afteroon for the north, and Federal Court Clerk Hal S. Kenyon and Mrs. Kenyon left for Eugene where they will remain until tomorrow, then continue to Portland. Deputy United flutes Marshal Cal C. Wells, will take a number of prisoners to Portland Tuesday. Liquor Control Study Given by Rockefeller NEW YORK, Oct. 23. (AP) John D. Rockefeller, Jr., laid In completed form before the public today the re port of hla study into the problems of liquor control after repeal a re port which expressed the hope tnat legalized sale of alcohol might mark the beginning of real temperance. The study of brosd sociological na ture, regarded aa lis prime objective the abolition of lawlessness, and the concentration of forces of aoclety on development of self-control and tem perance In the use of aplrltoua bev erages. The study was undertaken by Ray mond B. Pnsdirk and Albert L. Scott at Rockefeller's request yeal a0, Fights Ouster Dr. H. R. Hummer, who was or. dered dismissed at superintendent of a federal asylum for Indiana at Canton, 8. D., denied charges made against his administration and said ha would demand a hearing. (As sociated Press Photo) DECLARED BRIGHT Bringing back encouraging news, a forecast of early action on Med ford's application for sewage plant construction funds, City Superinten dent Fred Scheffel ha returned from Portland. Conference, held with the Oregon board of the public works program In Portland brought the assurance that Medford's application la being checked and will later this week, be on Its way to Washington, D. C. Ad dltlonai Information waa asked by State Engineer C. O. Hockley and will be prepared at once end sent north today, Mr. Scheffel stated. Then the application will be sent to Washing ton for commitment. A very congested condition in the 1 north was reported by Mr, Scheffel, who stated that the board Is recelv- Ing so many applications and Is work- Ing so short handed that rapid ap proval of plans ta Impossible. He went over Medford's application with the board, explaining all parts, which needed explanation, and felt much encouraged upon hla return from the north today. If the application Is approved In Washington approximately 30 daya will be required to start the machin ery In operation here, Mr. Scheffel stated. And he expressed the belief that the application. If sent with the state board's approval, will be granted In Washington, 150lRSPEARS OUT OF VALLEY Pear shipments from the Rofrue River valley, for the season now clos ed, totaled 1.501 cara, according to figures of the Southern Paclflo rail road. Twenty-six carloads of apples have been dispatched so far this sea son, the same source reports. Total shipments of pears last year were 3.113, and apples 138 carloads, pesra shipped out and In storage up to last Wednesday, according to Rogue River Trafflo association fig ures, total 3.328 cars, segregated as to varieties now In storsge aa follows: Cara, Winter Nellla 100 D'Anloua W Bosca 141 36 8 4 Cornice -Howells . Bartletta Total M3 Picking and packing operatlona now concern applea, the Newtown varie ties now being harvested. Pear her vesting haa been completed in all orchards. when Rockefeller deserted the tradl tlonal family position to come out for repeal. Short Installments have been published previously. Three points are stressed In the report state control of liquor sales, elimination of the profit motive, and taxation primarily for social control, rather than revenue. "Only aa the profit motive la elimi nated la there any hope of control ling the liquor truffle In the Interest of a decent society," the report sa serted. The best approach to the problem was declared to be through state con. Continued oa Fsg Elttit) EAR SHIPMENT TO EAST COAST BK BOAT TESTED Norrls Going With Carqo Through Canal to Observe Result of Long Voyage Cost Among Objectives Mil kin sn Introductory test for shippers of the movement by host of pears f.-om the Pacific to the Atlantis coast, Robert Norrls of thla city, who Is associated with the Pinnacle Pack ing company, will leave Portland Wednesday on the M. S. Atenas, load ed with fruit from the Rogue River valley and other districts of the Pa cific northwest. Mr. No'rls Is already in Portland. completing arrangements for the Journey to the New York markets. Ho will observe the temperatures and handling of the fruit from Portland to New York, where he will remain for a week, watching lis progress in tne maiket. He will also stop off at other markets on the return west, by train. Will Take Dig Load The M. S. Atcnsa will have aa carco between 185 and 170 carloada of pears chiefly Bosca, with some Anjous and winter wens. Local packing companlea Including fruit in the shipment by boat are: Pinnacle, American Fruitgrowers, Inc., Southern Oregon Sales. Sgobel and Day, Palmer corporation and the Bear Creek orchards. Other districts in Oregon and Washington are also represented la the test shipment. Mr. Norrls will be Joined In Port- land for the trip east by Mrs. Noma, who Is leaving here tomorrow morn ing by plane. Economy In Method While the cost of shipment of pears by boat la ohcapcr than the move ment by train across continent, tha saving la not the chief factor consid ered In the test, It waa pointed out ucre roaay. The Ilrat thine- to he oonaldered 1 the condition of the fruit, and ahlppera are of the opinion that the peara reach the market in higher state of preservation, when shipped In the scaled, cold storsge compartmonta. available In the trans portation by water. The temperature In the cold atonura compartments la evenly controlled. with no variations, from Portland to New York, la the understanding, in refrigerator cara It la not possible to ma.main sucn an even temperature. BODY OF UNKNOWN NOT MISSING JUDGE PENDLETON, Ore., Oct. 33. (API C. O. Proebstel, Umatilla oountv dla- trlct attorney, aald here today he waa convinced that the body of an un identified man found In Vancouver, wash., waa not that of Charlea Marsh. former Umatilla county Judge, who disappeared mysteriously a year ago. ATTORNEY DROPS DEAD DURING CAPITOL VISIT 8 A LBM, Oct. 23 . 7P) Fen ton Grlgsby, Portland attorney, died of heart failure In a statehouse office here today. He was about 46. Grlgsby was secretary of the Oregon petroleum Industrie committee. WILL ROGER? cnvc w$ays: SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 21 Flew in here this morning with Vice Tresident Garner and Mrs. Farley nnd there is some tliinp; that you ought to come all the way to San Antonio to see. That's Randolph flying field, the finest flying field in the world and the 'pettiest lsyed out thing In America. Then there's Kelly field. Our salvation in the next war comes out of this unique little city. Flying on down to Garner's home at Uvalde, where for 30 years he represented them in congress and the prairie dogs all voted for him. Where other vice-presidents have done nothing but make speeches, Garner just fishes. If all politicians fished instead of speaking publicly we would be at peace with the world. i lilFMli74lui.le. '